By the end of 2024, the world will have nearly 2,000 Gigawatts of solar generation capacity in service. Each panel is made of silicon, glass, various polymers, aluminum, copper and an assortment of other metals that capture the sun’s energy. It’s a rule of thumb that, barring damage, a panel will last for up to 30 years before it needs to be replaced. But what happens to all of those raw materials

Joaquin Phoenix and Lada Gaga star in the DC sequel from director Todd Phillips.
Epic is trying to turn Fortnite into an ecosystem of games and has enticed the likes of Lego to build experiences for the platform. Now, Hasbro is jumping in as well, with plans to create Fortnite adaptations of its most popular board games.
The first is called Murder Mystery: Clue, and it’s available today. It’s not exactly a board game (see the screenshot
Casetify is bringing back the accessories based on Neon Genesis Evangelion that it originally launched in 2023, giving you another chance to grab one or two cases for your Apple devices. The crown jewel of the collection is perhaps the collectible case for the AirPods Pro and Pro 2, which was designed to look like the head of Evangelion Unit-01. It opens from the back to reveal a removable inner
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It's impossible to talk about workforce innovation without addressing artificial intelligence.
During a virtual roundtable, we asked Business Insider's Workforce Innovation board to tell us how AI would transform companies over the next year.
One major topic was reskilling and upskilling employees. BI's Tim Paradis, who focuses on the future of work, asked whether
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- Rains from Hurricane Helene caused severe flooding in western North Carolina, devastating communities.
- But less than 3% of properties in the state have flood insurance, leaving many unprotected.
- Part of the problem is that people falsely assume they're not at risk, experts said.
Hurricane Helene
The new Microsoft Copilot is a big departure. It shed some of its Bing-y styling and increasingly corporate vibes in favor of something warmer and friendlier, all in an effort to be more than just a work tool. It might just be a website redesign, but it feels like a shift in how Microsoft perceives the future of AI assistants.
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Centaur 29P, an icy object in the outer solar system, is spewing unusual jets of hot gas, revealing its hybrid nature as a mashup of different cosmic bodies.

Who invented crypto? A filmmaker believes he's cracked the case.

Amazon is unleashed a wave of incredible discounts on Apple’s audio devices.
The feud between WP Engine and Matt Mullenweg, WordPress co-founder and Automattic CEO, recently came to a head when the web hosting service sued the latter, accusing him of "abuse of power, extortion and greed." In a new blog post, Mullenweg said his opponent's attacks on him and his company have been effective enough so that "a good chunk of [his] Automattic colleagues disagreed with [him and